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The Seventy-ninth session of the World Health Assembly (WHA79) opens at 09.00 CEST today, 18 May, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland. [ https://www.who.int/about/governance/world-health-assembly/seventy-ninth ]
On its first day, the Health Assembly will meet in Plenary, which will be held in the Assembly Hall at the Palais des Nations; General Committee (Building A, Room XII, Palais des Nations); and Committee A (Auditorium, Building B, WHO Headquarters). The public meetings will be webcast live on the WHO website.
Simultaneous interpretation will be available in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Highlights of the day:
Opening of the Health Assembly, election of the President and officers of the Assembly
High-level welcome
Remarks by H.E. Elisabeth Baume-Schneider, Federal Councilor of the Swiss Confederation
Address by Special Guest of Honour, H.E. John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana (preceded by the cultural performance by the Ghana Traditional Dance Ensemble)
Video statements: H.E. Ahmad Al Sharaa, President of the Syrian Arab Republic; H.E. Mia Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados; and H.E. Antonio Guterres, UN Secretary-General
Remarks by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, followed by the Global Health Leaders’ Awards, and cultural performance by Ballet Dominicano en Europa
Address by Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General
Start of the general discussion under the theme “Reshaping global health: a shared responsibility”
Committee A is scheduled to open at 18.30 CEST today.
The detailed programme of work for the Health Assembly for today, 18 May can be found in the Daily Journal N°1, available in six languages of the United Nations (UN) [https://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/WHA79/JRN-A79-1_en.pdf] ...
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Best wishes, Neil
HIFA profile: Neil Pakenham-Walsh is coordinator of HIFA (Healthcare Information For All), a global health community that brings all stakeholders together around the shared goal of universal access to reliable healthcare information. HIFA has 20,000 members in 180 countries, interacting in four languages and representing all parts of the global evidence ecosystem. HIFA is administered by Global Healthcare Information Network, a UK-based nonprofit in official relations with the World Health Organization. Email: neil@hifa.org